6/25 Jays @ SOX 7:10PM ET

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Maybe Wink should replace Bello for a while. I doubt he could do worse.

[vegasbob]

Winckowski comes back from the West and shows he can pitch in long relief. 2 runs in 4 innings . At least he is available

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Last couple of games Fenway has turned into Coors Field.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Last night's game was Goodfellas. Tonight's game is Bad Boys.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Tonight's best SOX pitcher is Wink. Thank you, Captain Obvious.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Very good job by Wink. He's earned a start.

[illinoisredsox]

Toronto may be starting to fade in the face of Red June

 

Do you come with English subtitles. WTF are you saying?

[illinoisredsox]

Maybe Wink should replace Bello for a while. I doubt he could do worse.

 

Bello needs to be mentally tougher. He can’t fall to pieces every time a play isn’t made behind him.

 

I thought Youkilis(?) made an interesting point when he said he thought Bello is throwing too hard.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That chUMP didn't deserve that. He did a good job tonight. Save those foul tips for the s***** ones, of which there are many.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bello needs to be mentally tougher. He can’t fall to pieces every time a play isn’t made behind him.

 

I thought Youkilis(?) made an interesting point when he said he thought Bello is throwing too hard.

 

Bailey, one of the best pitching coaches around, apparently hasn't had much success with Bello. It happens; a team thinks they've got a stud and, instead, they've got a dud.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The big highlight tonight was Wink's performance, saving BP arms.

[Maxbialystock]

Winck looked a whole lot better than Bello, who blew an entire game all by himself with 7 earned runs given up in 2.1 innings. We should not forget he was chosen to start the first game of the season and has utterly failed to live up to that distinction. All 9 runs by the Jays were earned despite the 3 Sox errors.

 

Agree with illinoisredsox Bello has little mental toughness.

[Maxbialystock]

Thanks yet again to SPLENDIDSPLINTER for 3 very nice wins.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Thanks yet again to SPLENDIDSPLINTER for 3 very nice wins.

 

 

You're welcome, Max, but timing is everything.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

No matter what Bello does from here on out, he still going to be a rich young man, even after taxes. Better to be mediocre and rich than to be mediocre and poor. Pro sports can always make the former happen.

[vegasbob]

Do you come with English subtitles. WTF are you saying?

 

Dear dumbass, this was posted when the Sox went up 2-0 after multiple Jay's mistakes. Had it not been for the total incompetence of Bello and Valdez it might have stood up for a win.

[vegasbob]

Bailey, one of the best pitching coaches around, apparently hasn't had much success with Bello. It happens; a team thinks they've got a stud and, instead, they've got a dud.

 

The poor kid , now rich , from DR , cannot speak the language he is being coached in.

[Maxbialystock]

Apropos of absolutely nothing, Casas is now over 2 months since the injury caused by--wait for it--swinging a bat at a pitched ball.

 

Monday he had an MRI to see how his injury has progressed. Today is Wednesday with still no reported outcome from the MRI.

 

My interpretation of this silence is that no news is not good news. Relatedly, the injury was caused by the one thing Casas must continue to do if he is to stay in MLB.

[moonslav59]

Apropos of absolutely nothing, Casas is now over 2 months since the injury caused by--wait for it--swinging a bat at a pitched ball.

 

Monday he had an MRI to see how his injury has progressed. Today is Wednesday with still no reported outcome from the MRI.

 

My interpretation of this silence is that no news is not good news. Relatedly, the injury was caused by the one thing Casas must continue to do if he is to stay in MLB.

 

I’m not sure the cause of the injury means it might happen on a future swing.

[Maxbialystock]

I’m not sure the cause of the injury means it might happen on a future swing.

 

Oh, I'm not sure it will either. But what troubles me is the real possibility that it could. I believe this is a rare kind of injury, which means the Sox medical team (writ large, including outside consultants) doesn't really know. Hence the silence since Monday.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I’m not sure the cause of the injury means it might happen on a future swing.

 

I'm not sure he can ever bat lefty again -- at least, swing with youthful impunity for the fences... unless, preventative measures against recurrence force Casas to became an inside-out Green Monster hunter, and he becomes a modern-day Boggsian master of oppo doubles and big-guy pop-fly dingers.

[Maxbialystock]

I'm not sure he can ever bat lefty again -- at least, swing with youthful impunity for the fences... unless, preventative measures against recurrence force Casas to became an inside-out Green Monster hunter, and he becomes a modern-day Boggsian master of oppo doubles and big-guy pop-fly dingers.

 

That sounds like sarcasm directed at me, and I'm fine with it.

[moonslav59]

I'm not sure he can ever bat lefty again -- at least, swing with youthful impunity for the fences... unless, preventative measures against recurrence force Casas to became an inside-out Green Monster hunter, and he becomes a modern-day Boggsian master of oppo doubles and big-guy pop-fly dingers.

 

The wat Devers swings, you’d think he’d have done this.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

That sounds like sarcasm directed at me, and I'm fine with it.

 

I swear it wasn't.

 

To me, this type of injury could be critical to a guy who makes a living swinging the bat -- especially a large human trying to consistently hit the ball hard and far to entice his employer to offer untold riches that would set him up for the rest of his life (plus, familial generations to come).

 

How can Casas prevent it from recurring? Is there a medical procedure that can fuse the core together (similar to wrist or ankle re-enforcement) or an internal brace (like the new TJ for elbows) -- maybe a hernia mesh patch the size of a flak jacket? Unlikely...

 

For Casas to come back as good as new would be like a pitcher breaking a rib throwing a pitch, and then recovering to become a 20-game winner... for the Braves... while the Red Sox pay most of his salary.

[Duran Is The Man]

I swear it wasn't.

 

To me, this type of injury could be critical to a guy who makes a living swinging the bat -- especially a large human trying to consistently hit the ball hard and far to entice his employer to offer untold riches that would set him up for the rest of his life (plus, familial generations to come).

 

How can Casas prevent it from recurring? Is there a medical procedure that can fuse the core together (similar to wrist or ankle re-enforcement) or an internal brace (like the new TJ for elbows) -- maybe a hernia mesh patch the size of a flak jacket? Unlikely...

 

For Casas to come back as good as new would be like a pitcher breaking a rib throwing a pitch, and then recovering to become a 20-game winner... for the Braves... while the Red Sox pay most of his salary.

 

might as well go ahead and trade him to the Dodgers for some low level suspect now and get it over with.

[notin]

might as well go ahead and trade him to the Dodgers for some low level suspect now and get it over with.

 

Just teach him to pitch…

[Maxbialystock]

I swear it wasn't.

 

To me, this type of injury could be critical to a guy who makes a living swinging the bat -- especially a large human trying to consistently hit the ball hard and far to entice his employer to offer untold riches that would set him up for the rest of his life (plus, familial generations to come).

 

How can Casas prevent it from recurring? Is there a medical procedure that can fuse the core together (similar to wrist or ankle re-enforcement) or an internal brace (like the new TJ for elbows) -- maybe a hernia mesh patch the size of a flak jacket? Unlikely...

 

For Casas to come back as good as new would be like a pitcher breaking a rib throwing a pitch, and then recovering to become a 20-game winner... for the Braves... while the Red Sox pay most of his salary.

 

OK, fine. I'm not at all sure Casas is through. I'm also not sure about his recovery, which basically consists of letting his body restore itself without, as far as I know, any medical procedure.

[Maxbialystock]

I swear it wasn't.

 

To me, this type of injury could be critical to a guy who makes a living swinging the bat -- especially a large human trying to consistently hit the ball hard and far to entice his employer to offer untold riches that would set him up for the rest of his life (plus, familial generations to come).

 

How can Casas prevent it from recurring? Is there a medical procedure that can fuse the core together (similar to wrist or ankle re-enforcement) or an internal brace (like the new TJ for elbows) -- maybe a hernia mesh patch the size of a flak jacket? Unlikely...

 

For Casas to come back as good as new would be like a pitcher breaking a rib throwing a pitch, and then recovering to become a 20-game winner... for the Braves... while the Red Sox pay most of his salary.

 

My MLB app now says the Casas MRI was "clean" and that today he swung in the batting cage with roughly 75% effort. I think that means Casas and the Sox medical staff are feeling pretty good but aren't sure how this will turn out.